Tool for use by paper-hangers.



c. A--. KRAMER. TOOL FOR USE BY PAPER HANGERS. APPLICATIONRILED APR.13,1916.

Patentd Mar. 13, 1917.

. wmmummmw Edna) CHARLES A. KRAMER, OF CURRAN, ILLINOIS.

TOOL FOR, USE BY PAPER-HANGERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 13, 1917.

Application filed April 13, 1916. Serial No. 90,943.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES A. KRAMER, acitizen of the United States, residing at Curran, in the county ofSangamon and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Tools for Use by Paper-Hangers; and I do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and eXact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, ref

erence being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters andfigures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in toolsfor paper hangers use and it has for its object the provision of asimple and practical paper weight adapted to serve to hold the sheet ofpaper while being cut, the device being provided with a suitableoperating-handle and with cutting edges so disposed as to serve as ameans for readily tearing or cutting the paper, the outer edges of thedevice being provided with a scale for use in indicating points at whichthe paper is to be severed. v

To this end and to such others as the invention may pertain, the sameconsists in the novel form of the device, as will be more fullyhereinafter described, shown in the accompanying drawing and thenspecifically defined in the appended claim.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure l is a perspective view of a roll" applied of wall paper with mydevice thereto.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view and Fig. 3 is a transverse section of thesame. Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by numeral,1 is a roll of wall or other paper, partly unrolled. 2 isa'plate, thesame comprising a concavo-convex metallic body portion rectangular inform. Both sides and ends of the device form cutting edges and thedevice is sufficiently heavy to'form a substantial weight to hold thepaper to the paste table. The device is provided with a suitable handle3 and along its side and ends is provided with scales 4: and 5.

In operation, the paper to be operated upon is placed upon the table.The amount required for use 'is unrolled and the device 2 is then placedupon the paper to be out, the same being held firmly with the left hand,while with the right hand a few inches of the paper adjacent to theportion to be severed is unrolled. An upward movement of the paper bythe right hand will serve to bring it into contact with the cutting edgeof the plate where the paper will be severed along the line of thecutting edge of the device which, after the paper has been severed, theweight serves to hold the strip from rolling while another strip isplaced upon the table.

It will be noted also that the form of the device is such that it isadapted for use in splitting strips lengthwise and in many other wayswhere quick and accurate work is required by the paper hanger in cuttingpieces to meet certain requirements.

What I claim to be new is A paperhangers tool comprising an elongatedplate, internally concaved with curved ends, said plate beingrectangular outlined and the edges thereof in the same plane, said platebeing provided with a centrally disposed handle, the convexed surface ofthe plate having a scale extending entirely about the edge thereof.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

CHARLES A. KRAMER. Witnesses: 1

MILTON M. BRADLEY, GEO. DAVIDSON.

Copies 01' this patent may be obtained for five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

